The Best Trip!

Ron and I went to Holland for a week. We had the best time! Since Ron served his mission there he spoke the language and knew where to go. We went to so many cities that I stopped counting. We visited some friends that he had made during his mission. We had such a wonderful time with them! I must say that going without children was a blast!-I love them but, you know:)! If you have been there you might recognize some places we visited-that is all I am saying about that! I even got to visit my friend from Wyoming. That was great. Anyway, we both had a wonderful time. I really did eat chocolate strolling down the streets! Ron and I (mostly Ron) took over 450 pictures but we are only going to share a few. Enjoy.

(St. Nick)

Our Trip To Holland

The Netherlands

If you look really close you will see a 3 story bike garage. There were thousands of bike there.

Less than a week to go and we are out of here!

Yes, I am so excited to go on our trip to Holland! Most of you know we have been married 16 years. In that time we have not been on a trip by ourselves ALONE! We have never lived by family so we never had the chance. My parents are coming up and I am very grateful. I have never been out of the country (well Mexico and Canada do NOT count!) Thanks to Ron going all over the world we get to fly for free. I guess he'll have to take a few more trips so next year we can go! ( Mom and Dad, plan on coming down again:)! Sorry to say, I will not be thinking about any of you. I will be selfish and only think of my hot babe of a husband and me on his arm strolling down the roads in Holland eating chocolate. I'll take a lot of pictures so you all can be jealous -hehe!

Some more fun Pictures

These were from many years ago but are still fun to look at!

Can you guess who this cutie is?

We have to get a new camera so until then, you get to enjoy the pictures from the past. It is always fun to see what we were like in the past.

Fun pictures of the past

Pictures from Wyoming

These are pictures of my home state of Wyoming. Hopefully next year we'll take a trip out west.

OUR SOLDIER!

This is Nick, our soldier in Iraq. We have been writing him since last November. He is a great guy. His family lives in NY and he has 4 children. He does some cool things there ( if I tell ya I'll have to kill you) if you can guess you get a prize-(I'll call you the smart one). Everyone should sign up and get their own soldier to write. It is a great pick me up for them and us. The kids get to ask him question about all kinds of stuff. The kids even sometimes draw him pictures and we send them in the mail. He always writes back. The kids get excited when they see he has answered their questions. Thomas loves to ask him about Star Wars and things he did when he was a boy. It is great fun to read about him, he is like an Uncle to them. It's fun to get email from him telling about what he is up to and about what it is like there, right now it gets up to 110-120! Now that is hot! We just email and that is how easy it is! I challenge you all to do it!

How to get our own SOLDIER

Simply click on the “adopt a soldier here” link on our home page: http://www.adoptaussoldier.org/. Fill out your registration form, being sure to include your complete email address correctly so we can connect you with a soldier. After you register, the system puts you into a “validating” group and you will be sent an email with instructions on how to validate. Once validated, you have access to the forum and other features on the site. All you do next is WAIT for the AAUSS volunteers to send your soldier information via your email. This is the perfect time to visit the forum (“join the community”), and how to send and what to send areas of the site!

Our Boston Trip

The guys that lived here must have been tiny or, maybe my kids are just HUGE!





















Quincy Market is a famous place here-lots of food to be had!
This day they even had FREE HUGS-crazy people!





















Be careful, don't eat too much here or you could go home like this guy!

The Freedom Trail

Our family went on the Freedom Trail in Boston. You follow this brick trail it takes you all over. You see Paul Reviver's home, some churches, grave yards, all kinds of fun! You might be lucky enough to see Ben Franklin. (yes, even Mary liked it-i have proof she was there-her legs)

The Red Coats are a commin' !

Don't worry! I'm just as big as the Red Coats, I'll take them down with one hit! I'll use the Kristen Special. Thomas and Lukas are good at fighting they'll take the little guys. Madie and I'll get the rest. It'll be easy, just like another day at our house:)
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The Rebels are here!

The Rebels are here, no worries! They'll take the Red Coats. Thank goodness.

We are all at the Game.

Ron's up to bat

The Rules

Ron's has been playing Old Fashion Baseball for the past two summers with the Columbia Cranks. They play 1850 rules when they didn't use gloves. The ball is softer than those used now. Another unique rule is that a "striker" is out if the ball is caught either in the air or even off a single bounce. It's a lot of fun playing a true gentlemen's game.

Fun times in the water